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or Asian Elevation…which is Kollaboration before it became an Asian Pacific Concert. These images are from 2006 and I see Tony Tran, Yuri Tag, and Cindy Minowa. Haha…I guess PK didn’t know that those three members were in here.

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damn…no youtube videos tho.

So I manage to watch the whole show on TV…for once! Taeko (aka Koi Fish) from Fish and Chicks is pretty hot. She always ends her performances with a little extra nuance of sass.

KABA

I actually enjoyed this performance more than the past few ones. If I had to guess, it was probably Mike who came up with the “hey” choreography in the beginning. It seems to be the pattern that the one responsible for the choreography is usually front and center….plus, the head moving side to side on a pendulum swing seems to be his thing.

At first, I thought the added “challenge” was just stupid. They should just let the dance crews do their thing. Eh, I still think it was dumb. Fish and Chicks probably had the hardest one…doing their choreography in rewind motion.

Even though Kaba’s lack of difficulty in “lifting” was true…it didn’t really matter because everything else was very entertaining, especially the facial expressions. Plus, when you probably have a whole University voting for you…it doesn’t matter what the judges say anyways. I still think one of Kaba’s strength is their transitions from dance style to dance style…it just shows off their range.

Note: They should of done the lift in this Video at (oo:1

JABBA

JC is pretty articulate as a judge but I don’t think he should try so hard in looking for flaws just because it’s week 4…especially when the “walking” is part of the slow-mo choreography.

Kaba vs. Jabba this week…I’d have to go with Kaba for personal enjoyment.

Breaksk8.

I know a lot of people have been impressed with their “dancing” on skates but when you have a show titled the “Best Dance Crew,” the main focus should be on the dancing itself. Their supporters seem to be distracted by their skates, thinking it gives them an edge because of it’s level of difficulty. While it is probably hard to do what they do on skates…it doesn’t really mean anything. If they were to take off their wheels and just do their routines using Nikes, they’d have a much easier time.

So basically, the whole roller skates is a gimmick because they are giving themselves a handicap by putting those wheels on their own feet. It’s not that their moves are hard, it’s that they made easy moves harder. If they had missing limbs and used wheels to make up for what they lack, then it would be a different story.

I wish them the best, off the show.

Looks like MTV is listening to the complaints…no more crappy camera angles. I certainly hope Mike and Yuri adds a medley of choreography that pays homage to some old school Kpop. That would be pretty out of the blue for the judges and entertaining para mi.

I watched them perform last night after coming home from a night out in Ktown..and it wasn’t very entertaining the first time. The 2nd time I watched it, sober….it looked a whole lot different. haha…it was a nice performance though.

As much as I like Kaba…Jabba ftw…

While little boys and probably B&W men in their 40’s are drooling over poor Yuri Tag, Mike Song has the most stage presence in that Kaba Modern crew. When I first saw him on Kollaboration, he was just an unrefined 14 year old…now in his early 20’s and much taller…I see hints of Salah’s brilliance in him.

Salah

Mike Song

He needs to keep on growing (even though I shouldn’t really be saying this..since I know nothing about dance) to get to Salah’s level….but he’s still young, and he can only get better.

And on a side note, I do feel bad for the other teams on that MTV show, since it is being filmed in Los Angeles and close to UCI…otherwise playfully known as the University of Chinese Immigrants. While it’s not all Chinese, there’s a lot of Asians there and that’s home team advantage for Kaba Modern when the audience fills up that Sony auditorium.